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The best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Arts & Culture Editor Hugh Linehan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The original independent news, politics and culture podcast that doesn’t take itself too seriously and yet punches well above its weight. Join critically acclaimed & derided hosts Tony Groves and Martin McMahon as they delve into the news of the day, pull apart the spin and bluster and bring unedited corporate free unapologetic realism to the things that matter. in the . There will be shenanigans!
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Ali Miraj sits in and is joined on Cross Question by environmental activist and Guardian columnist George Monbiot, Labour MP and Home Affairs Committee Chair Dame Diana Johnson, Conservative MP Aaron Bell and former Cameron adviser turned career coach Sarah Southern.By LBC
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The podcast takes a look at the concept of ‘middle Ireland’, a concept that has been around for a long time in political discourse here, and one that has proved to be quite potent politically when comes to getting votes - but who exactly falls into the category of ‘middle Ireland’? Do Fine Gael alone speak for this cohort? Or perhaps each party, mu…
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackThe US is having a huge banking crisis, there's a debt ceiling disaster that promises to only increase the misery on those who are already struggling and politically the place seems more polarised than ever. So we went back to our Irish-Russian Colorado-based Professor of Economics pal, Constantin Gurdgiev…
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Ali Miraj sits in and is joined on Cross Question by Labour's Shadow Employment Rights Minister Justin Madders, New Statesman political reporter Zoë Grünewald, Conservative MP Sir Robert Goodwill and Ryan Shorthouse from the centre-right Bright Blue think tank.By LBC
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What's in a gene? We wade into the world of genetics, to find out all about an extensive DNA mapping project called the Irish DNA Atlas and to see what it can tell us about the history of Ireland. We also take a look at the phenomenon that is at-home DNA ancestry tests, which have exploded in popularity in the past few years, as well as exploring t…
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Barry Kenny, Corporate Communications Manager with Irish Rail; Celine Cawley, Head of Advocacy with Age Action; Neale Richmond, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment; Darren O’Rourke, Sinn Féin TD for Meath East; Verona Murphy, Independent TD for WexfordBy RTÉ Radio 1
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Jennifer Bray and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh to talk about the week in politics, including: Ireland is on course to miss its 2030 carbon emission targets by some distance Some interesting takeaways from Census 2022, including lowering home ownership and fewer Catholics Helen McEntee taking back the reigns as Minister for Justice Plus they share their…
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What do the Green's have against gardaí using facial recognition tech? And was that Budget fracca just FG trying to grab credit for tax cuts the Coalition partners are likely to agree upon? The team also ask, with investigations into Siteserv costing an eye-watering €19m, whether it's time for a permanent structure to handle these controversies.…
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackThe Minister for Housing, Darragh O'Brien, came back to the tortoise shack for the first time this year for a full and pretty frank conversation on the many challenges the housing emergency has created. We discuss the 'right to housing', the no-fault eviction ban, the 11,998 people who are officially homel…
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Ali Miraj sits in and is joined on Cross Question by Susan Hall, who's running to be the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London, political commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, former Green Party leader Siân Berry and Whitehall Editor of the Financial Times Lucy Fisher.By LBC
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In his new book Public Morality and The Culture Wars, academic Bryan Fanning analyses what he calls the ‘triple divide’ between conservative, liberal and progressive viewpoints, how the moral views of those three groups differ and how they clash with growing intensity in what we call the culture wars. He talks to Hugh Linehan about public morality,…
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackThe Nature Restoration Regulation is the flagship legislative proposal of the Biodiversity Strategy. Yet if Fine Gael MEP's get there way, it'll never be more than words on a page. Joining us on the tortoise shack is Political Adviser with the Left Group in the European Parliament and one of the negotiator…
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The coalition Government still has plenty of time to run but, if the past week is anything to go by, the remaining months could be characterised by less cooperation and more shaping up for the electoral battles to come. On today's podcast Pat Leahy and Hugh Linehan take a listen back to an interview Pat conducted with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Thur…
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Please Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackListener favourite (and tortoise shack's Royal Correspondent), Professor Richard Murphy, rejoins us to talk about the state of UK politics post-local elections, the struggling economic environment that is pushing thousands into poverty and the insanity of the Central Banks across the globe who seem intent …
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Coalition concerns that they'll soon be fishing for the same votes are boiling over, with FF taking umbrage at a very, very early FG kite. High expectations of a giveaway have guaranteed Michael McGrath's maiden budget will be a serious headache. He vows he won't be bullied. And a fifth FG TD won't run again; is all the fun gone out of politics?…
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The Electoral Commission is a newly established state body set up to oversee elections in Ireland. Taking on a range of existing electoral functions, it will also be responsible for deciding on the number of TDs in the Dáil and the boundaries and size of each constituency and local election area. The first report from the Commission on constituency…
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackThe Financial Times recently covered the "extraordinary" steps the Spanish government were taking to tackle their housing crisis. But are they as good as advertised and what, if anything, can Ireland learn from them?Joining us to discuss this and the political polarisation in Spain are Madrid-based journal…
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Ben Kentish sits in and is joined on Cross Question by Labour peer Baroness Chakrabarti, LGBT campaigner and evangelical Christian Jayne Ozanne, Conservative peer Lord Willetts and tech entrepreneur and former David Cameron adviser Daniel Korski, who wants to be the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London.…
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack(Note: Released Weds May 17th)Until yesterday our guest, Karen Sugrue, was best known for as an Reproductive Healthcare Activist and an organiser with Together For Safety. What you didn't know was that she had been successfully sued by Iona Institute CEO, David Quinn, for a defamatory tweet, for which Mr. …
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Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy join Hugh to talk about the week in politics, including: Government reaction to the agonising migrant accommodation shortage crisis. Will voters react too when they get a chance? Matt Barrett's apology for making jokes about King Charles III's coronation while there as the Taoiseach's +1 At the time of recording, loc…
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Freda Wallace is the cohost of the Gender Nebulous podcast. Statistics of the sharp rise in the number of referrals to the Tavistock clinic, and their age distribution are here, and here. False claims that puberty blockers, given to children to delay typical-age puberty are 'completely reversable' are incredibly common, and have been made by the ta…
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Should social media firms take down footage of the Navan attack? As protests intensify, is Roderic O'Gorman being thrown under the bus? Áine and the team reflect on a violent and traumatic week, before considering other matters. Such as, what do you get when you cross a Health Minister trained in Taekwondo, John Travolta and a photo op?…
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Freda Wallace is the cohost of the Gender Nebulous podcast. ***** I want to comment on a rant that was previously posted on this podcast. The rant in question was posted with episode 120 Levelling the Field and the topic was Minimum Unit Pricing for Alcohol or MUP. MUP, long-time listeners may recall, prohibits the […]…
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The ongoing crisis over a shortage of accommodation for International Protection applicants is an acute problem that risks becoming a chronic one for the State. After a week of violent clashes, arson and blockades taking place at accommodation sites, the podcast panel looks again at what's been happening, how bad the problem is and how the politica…
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Help us keep the mics on by joining us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackMartin has been rather fatalistic lately about the climate crisis. So rather than wallow alone we invited campaigning journalist for climate action, John Gibbons, so they could get all doomsday‘d together.John outlines the very real climate changes that are happening now and the way…
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackDid you know that the IDA have paid almost ten million euro of our money to a company that is pumping billions into fossil fuels? It's true. Citigroup are the second biggest financers of the fossil fuel industry in the world and they are tap, tap, tapping away in Dublin, only the destruction is in the Amaz…
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Political columnist and podcaster Rafael Behr returns to the podcast to talk about his new book Politics: A Survivor's Guide. One theme of Behr’s book is denial about how toxic and dysfunctional politics has become, which he compares to his own failure to notice how his own health declined while covering the most divisive and frustrating years of B…
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIreland is experiencing an economic boom that would make Jeff Bezos blush, yet we're increasing the working poor at Ebenezer Scrooge percent. What gives?Joining us to talk about the need to move away from a failing wealth redistribution model towards a more equal pre-distribution future is UCD's Associate …
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